I continued with my Control Arm removal job. Nothing was working and I tried David4's idea of picking out the rubber and getting a Vice Grips on the Busning Collar and turning the bolt to break it loose from the bolt (except that I burned the rubber with a Propane Torch to help with picking out the rubber) only to find out the my Vice Grips would not open up enough to get a good grip.
Went back to beating with zero results except that I started thinking. I was a Mechanic for 18 years and I have beat a lot of things loose; there had to be something else keeping it from coming out.
I decided that that part of the force of the blows must be going into the Guide Rod; I had removed the bolt but the Eye of the Guide rod still made contact with the arm.
I removed the whole assembly that attaches to the Guide Rod. Three good blows and the bolt came loose 90% of the way. The last 10% required me to heat the bolt but I got it out.
If I had thought about the Guide Rod sooner I could have saved myself a lot of work.
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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel
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